Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight

Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 21 (R16, quarters, semis)
July 22 (final, bronze match)
Competitors12 from 3 nations
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Great Britain
   Great Britain
Wrestling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Light heavyweight   men
Super heavyweight   men
Freestyle
Bantamweight   men
Featherweight   men
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Heavyweight   men

The freestyle middleweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The middleweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 73 kilograms (161 lb).

Results

Standings

Place Wrestler Nation
1 Stanley Bacon Great Britain
2 George de Relwyskow Great Britain
3 Frederick Beck Great Britain
4 Carl Andersson Sweden
5 Edgar Bacon Great Britain
Aubrey Coleman Great Britain
John Craige United States of America
Frederico Narganes United States of America
9 George Bradshaw Great Britain
Harry Challstorp Sweden
Henry Chenery Great Britain
Arthur Wallis Great Britain

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
Stanley Bacon (GBR)            
Henry Chenery (GBR)  
S. Bacon (GBR)
  Coleman (GBR)  
Aubrey Coleman (GBR)
Arthur Wallis (GBR)  
S. Bacon (GBR)
  Beck (GBR)  
Frederick Beck (GBR)
Bye  
Beck (GBR)
  Narganes (USA)  
Frederico Narganes (USA)
Bye  
S. Bacon (GBR)
    Relwyskow (GBR)
George de Relwyskow (GBR)        
Harry Challstorp (SWE)  
Relwyskow (GBR)
  E. Bacon (GBR)  
Edgar Bacon (GBR)
George Bradshaw (GBR)  
Relwyskow (GBR)
  Andersson (SWE)  
Carl Andersson (SWE)
Bye  
Andersson (SWE)
  Craige (USA)  
John Craige (USA)
Bye  

After a protest from his semi-final was rejected, Andersson refused to participate in the bronze medal match, giving Beck third place.

Sources

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